The SSU, jointly with the National Police, detained an arsonist in Kirovohrad region. The woman carried out russia’s orders to set fire to vehicles and buildings of the Defence Forces.

According to the SSU Counterintelligence, the perpetrator deliberately set fire to the service pickup truck of an instructor of the Omega Special Forces unit of the National Guard.

To commit the crime, the agent purchased a flammable incendiary substance and tracked the parking place of the Ukrainian defender’s car.

After agreeing the potential target with the occupiers, she snuck up on the National Guard vehicle during the curfew and set it on fire.

To report on the execution of the task, she recorded her actions during the preparation and commission of the crime on her own phone.

The aggressor planned to use the video footage for special information operations, which were supposed to spin fakes about existence of an anti-Ukrainian underground in Kirovohrad oblast.

The SSU Counterintelligence detained the suspect in hot pursuit, within the day of the crime.

The investigation established that her next task was to set fire to a local Territorial Recruitment Center using a Molotov cocktail.

For this, she was promised money, the amount of which depended on the scale of the fire.

The detainee is a 28-year-old resident of Oleksandriia. She came to the aggressor’s attention earlier this summer because of her activity on Telegram channels, where she was looking for easy money.

During the searches, the SSU seized her mobile phone with evidence of the crime, as well as components of a homemade incendiary mixture and the clothes she wore during the arson.

The woman was served a notice of suspicion under Article 114-1. of the CCU (obstructing the lawful activities of the AFU). She is in custody and faces life imprisonment.

Her actions may be additionally qualified under Article 111.2 of the CCU (high treason, committed under martial law).

The operation was carried out by the SSU Office in Kirovohrad region jointly with the National Police under the procedural supervision of the regional Prosecutor’s Office.